Lloyd Robert Shaw, (February 7 1914 – October 16 1993) was a Canadian businessman, political activist and organizer, a member of the

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, and father of the late

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and federal

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leader

Alexa McDonough Alexa Ann McDonough ( Shaw; August 11, 1944 – January 15, 2022) was a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Nova Scotia, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's (NSN ...

Life and career

Shaw was born in

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, to Lloyd E.

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and wife Lillian

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, owners of L. E. Shaw Ltd,

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makers. Earning a

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degree in

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from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, Shaw went to teach in the schools throughout the

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. It is suggested that while at Columbia Shaw became interested in socialism, a course which would direct the remainder of his life. Shaw also worked with the

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in Halifax and

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. While in Ottawa Shaw was very important in the founding of

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, becoming the university's first registrar. It is in Ottawa where Shaw met many of the founders of the

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. When the CCF officially formed in 1933 Shaw became the political party's first national research director.Michael Clugston
The one-woman stronghold of the Nova Scotia NDP
''

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'', March 29, 1982. In the mid-1940s Shaw and his family returned to Nova Scotia, where he held the position of provincial secretary of the Nova Scotia wing of the CCF until 1949. During World War II Shaw enlisted in the

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and spent the war as a flight sergeant. It is after the war that Shaw took over the family business as CEO of L.E. Shaw Ltd. He held the position of CEO until 1979 when he retired at the age of 65. Shaw was involved in many community and business organizations. He held the position of director of the Nova Scotia Savings and Loan Company, member of the executive council of the

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and at one point was vice-president of the

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. Shaw also worked tirelessly for community groups including

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and

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. Shaw received the degree Member of the

in 1993. Throughout his career Shaw was honoured numerous times with honorary degrees from such institutions as

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and the

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. Shaw died on October 16 1993 at the age of 79 in Halifax, Nova Scotia after a four-year-long battle with

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. Shaw's daughter

, by his marriage to Jean

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, followed in her father's political footsteps, becoming the first female leader of the provincial party in 1981 when she became leader of the

, and leader of the federal party in 1995. Shaw himself ran for the CCF in the

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and

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federal elections and in a federal byelection in 1948, and for the NDP in the

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federal election, but was never elected to the

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Electoral results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Lloyd 1914 births 1993 deaths Businesspeople from Ottawa Businesspeople from Nova Scotia Canadian socialists New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Members of the Order of Canada Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Columbia University alumni Royal Canadian Air Force personnel Canadian military personnel of World War II Carleton University faculty People from Annapolis County, Nova Scotia